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Lot 186
An album of 97 photographs depicting Lahore, Amritsar, Rawalpindi and other subjects Punjab, circa 1918
14 November 2023, 11:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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An album of 97 photographs depicting Lahore, Amritsar, Rawalpindi and other subjects
Punjab, circa 1918
Punjab, circa 1918
the album consisting of 97 photographs, mounted two per page, most with English identifying inscriptions and comments, brown cloth binding
photographs 60 x 103 mm.; album 220 x 170 mm.
photographs 60 x 103 mm.; album 220 x 170 mm.
Footnotes
An interesting album of small amateur photos, apparently dating to around 1918 (the caption to one image notes that a new bridge was opened by Sir Michael O'Dwyer in 1915; and there are seven photographs of the Victory celebrations at the end of the Great War, dated 27th November 1918).
There are around forty views of Lahore, including the Lahore Fort (with an interesting photograph of the 'Ancient Sikh Guns', apparently small-bore cannon mounted on rudimentary carriages), the tomb of Ranjit Singh, the Mosque of Aurangzeb and other Mughal monuments, the Zamzamah Cannon, and other street scenes. A view of the tomb of Ranjit Singh and the shrine of Guru Arjan is captioned 'Inside on a raised dais rests a large urn carved to represent a lotus. This contains the ashes of Ranjit Singh. Surrounding this are eleven smaller urns containing the ashes of four queens and seven slave girls who were burnt with him. Two tiny urns contain the ashes of two pigeons which ventured too near the flames and were burnt'.
There are two views of the Golden Temple, Amritsar, and one of the Akal Takht (Boonga). Other photos are of Rawalpindi (around thirty), five of Karachi, several of Attock Fort, and eight of Port Said and the Suez Canal, presumably taken during the voyage home to England.